Sunday, July 25, 2010

I spend some time monoprinting on paper first than on fabric. The prints on paper are so much more clearer and brighter. I used children's tempera paint on the paper as I was designing a monoprinting class for children. 3 classes next Saturday!!!

Then I moved onto fabric paints and fabric. I sure enjoy this technique!

I almost gave up on this self- portrait as the materials I used were very thick and I kept breaking my needles while machine quilting. A fiber friend suggested a larger jean needle and voila - it's done. I'm not really crazy about it up close but do like the view from a distance. Obviously I need to work on the portrait thing some more.

This is my other adorable grand dog, Baxter. My son-in-law took this picture which I just had to use Ellen Lindner's technique on. A technique that is perfect for hairy dogs. This one is 22 x 30" in size. Makes a statement.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

I've been working with a new raw edged applique technique introduced by Ellen Lindnerhttp://adventurequilter.com/ in her ebook Double Reverse Applique. It's a bit tricky at first but the technique has its place in the Artquilt World. "A Bird of a Different Color" began as a photo of some flowers I became enamored with while at a botanical garden in Jamaica last Winter. It's 22 x 31."

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A fiber artist specializing in art quilts. Love to play with different fabrics and fibers, dyes and paints, and other surface design materials/techniques.
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